Um, lets just call this an update.
I realize that I havent posted here with anything resembling frequency lately. There are a lot of reasons for this, none of which Im listing, mostly because I dont want to.
Go figure.
Spent last week in the Outer Banks of NC. Was very nice. I even got a tan! It goes from the back of my hand to my elbow.
Im strangely pleased to announce that my forearms are untouched by said tan. Heh. Still working on the chaco tan though. A couple more weekends should do it.
A bit of Friday was spent on a waverunner. That was enjoyable for the most part. This particular company had a small boat they kept out on the water to assist anyone that falls off or to scold anyone that goes out of the company's area. Whoever owned this place last year didnt have that. I thought it was a good thing.
Atleast, I did until he decided to park the boat smack in the middle of their 'area' instead of lurking about the edges. Waverunners are supposed to maintain a 50 yard distance from each other and anything else in the water(kayaks, parasailing boats, etc). It was a bitch going around him all the damn time.
I should also mention that my dad and sister also took a runner out. She managed to toss him off. Heh.
Internet time on vacations should be a minimum, Ill admit.
That must be why OBX wireless can be considered an epic fail.
My choices were as follows: The freebie one, which usually had a decent connection, but had an ever-present, cant ever get rid of, top ad-banner for local OBX stuff.
This isnt a regular ad-banner though. It has its own url in front of the regular address. 90% of the time, once the banner finishes loading it doesnt see the other web addy and it thinks its done.
I (okay...we, meaning Dad and his company card) couldve also gone haves on the $40 a week for ad-free, but I could barely pick up that network anyway.
Last month we finally got DirecTV. I also got my rugby channel for the low, low price of $15 a month. Yay me.
Good to know I couldnt watch it for the better part of the week. It would figure that my TV is the one that has all old wires heading to it. Why the original tech guy didnt replace them, I dont know. This is a 20+ year old house. Most of the cables are original.
Fortunately, that was fixed rather easily as another technician replaced said wires so that I can now watch Scotland and Wales battle it out in 6 Nations. Wales currently has a 4 point lead.
If they would air Australian Rules Football at a decent hour, I would be most pleased.
Up until today, DirecTV technician/customer service people were held in fairly high regard.
Yesterday we spent the better part of the day setting up a big ass-HDTV. The technicians were supposed to be here between 6 and 8 in the evening to set up the HD/DVR box.
They apparently showed up at 4:30. No one was home. They didnt come back either.
For some reason or another, a message from Customer Service was on our machine.
The current thing with companies customer service HQ being in India or somesuch is really pissing me off. The message on our machine could barely be described as english. The message had to be replayed multiple times to a) figure out what the hell they wanted and b) to copy the number down.
I still dont know what it was about.
A couple of days ago I got a FireFox extension called PMOG. Its some kind of Online RPG you play by browsing the interwebs. Im still trying to figure it out. Must be doing okay, Im almost level 4. Yay!
It just sent me on a "Mission" for more FireFox extensions. The two Ive seen so far look really good. I wonder if ForecastFox will allow me to kick weatherbug.
UPDATE Weatherbug can consider itself kicked. ForecastFox is friggin awesome. So is adblock.
Stumble It!
Go figure.
Spent last week in the Outer Banks of NC. Was very nice. I even got a tan! It goes from the back of my hand to my elbow.
Im strangely pleased to announce that my forearms are untouched by said tan. Heh. Still working on the chaco tan though. A couple more weekends should do it.
A bit of Friday was spent on a waverunner. That was enjoyable for the most part. This particular company had a small boat they kept out on the water to assist anyone that falls off or to scold anyone that goes out of the company's area. Whoever owned this place last year didnt have that. I thought it was a good thing.
Atleast, I did until he decided to park the boat smack in the middle of their 'area' instead of lurking about the edges. Waverunners are supposed to maintain a 50 yard distance from each other and anything else in the water(kayaks, parasailing boats, etc). It was a bitch going around him all the damn time.
I should also mention that my dad and sister also took a runner out. She managed to toss him off. Heh.
Internet time on vacations should be a minimum, Ill admit.
That must be why OBX wireless can be considered an epic fail.
My choices were as follows: The freebie one, which usually had a decent connection, but had an ever-present, cant ever get rid of, top ad-banner for local OBX stuff.
This isnt a regular ad-banner though. It has its own url in front of the regular address. 90% of the time, once the banner finishes loading it doesnt see the other web addy and it thinks its done.
I (okay...we, meaning Dad and his company card) couldve also gone haves on the $40 a week for ad-free, but I could barely pick up that network anyway.
Last month we finally got DirecTV. I also got my rugby channel for the low, low price of $15 a month. Yay me.
Good to know I couldnt watch it for the better part of the week. It would figure that my TV is the one that has all old wires heading to it. Why the original tech guy didnt replace them, I dont know. This is a 20+ year old house. Most of the cables are original.
Fortunately, that was fixed rather easily as another technician replaced said wires so that I can now watch Scotland and Wales battle it out in 6 Nations. Wales currently has a 4 point lead.
If they would air Australian Rules Football at a decent hour, I would be most pleased.
Up until today, DirecTV technician/customer service people were held in fairly high regard.
Yesterday we spent the better part of the day setting up a big ass-HDTV. The technicians were supposed to be here between 6 and 8 in the evening to set up the HD/DVR box.
They apparently showed up at 4:30. No one was home. They didnt come back either.
For some reason or another, a message from Customer Service was on our machine.
The current thing with companies customer service HQ being in India or somesuch is really pissing me off. The message on our machine could barely be described as english. The message had to be replayed multiple times to a) figure out what the hell they wanted and b) to copy the number down.
I still dont know what it was about.
A couple of days ago I got a FireFox extension called PMOG. Its some kind of Online RPG you play by browsing the interwebs. Im still trying to figure it out. Must be doing okay, Im almost level 4. Yay!
It just sent me on a "Mission" for more FireFox extensions. The two Ive seen so far look really good. I wonder if ForecastFox will allow me to kick weatherbug.
UPDATE Weatherbug can consider itself kicked. ForecastFox is friggin awesome. So is adblock.
Stumble It!
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